Latona Avenue Elementary

As an one-room-style elementary campus in Los Angeles, California, Latona Avenue Elementary caters to 149 students from grades K through 6, run under Los Angeles Unified. That puts it 68% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Latona Avenue Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Latona Avenue Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%). Other groups include 5% Asian, 5% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Latona Avenue Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 26.3%; actual is 42.7%, +16.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Latona Avenue Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Glen Alta Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Latona Avenue Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Latona Avenue Elementary has decreased 12%, going from 170 students in 2018 to 149 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 94% to 85% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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